IEEE1394 backend

[Michael Sweet]

Roger Leigh wrote:
> On 2006-07-09, Michael Sweet <mike at easysw.com> wrote:
>> Roger Leigh wrote:
>>> Is there any reason why the IEEE1394 backend is not built automatically
>>> if libraw1394 is present?  It is not ever a TARGET in backend/Makefile.
>> Because it doesn't work.  At the time I started working on it to
>> support the Epson implementation of the PWG print channel stuff,
>> libraw1394 and the underlying kernel driver didn't support the modes
>> required by their interface, and the Type B Firewire card Epson sells
>> supports SCSI-over-Firewire which is supported by the existing SCSI
>> backend.  FWIW, Canon and HP support both SBP2 (SCSI) and IP modes.
> 
> Ah, thanks.  I was worried that we might have been accidentally
> not packaging a backend.

Nope, and in fact I recently removed the ieee1394 backend from the
1.2 branch...

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